Christmas is coming...
I was just now typing up my Christmas Wish List. Kinda fun dreaming of the stuff I’d like to have, things like power tools and kitchen gadgets. Then I sat down and attacked the much more difficult job of writing up a wish list for my spouse. My husband is somewhat renown for being difficult to shop for. He has tastes vastly different from other people (most notably his family members) and consequently they end up doing a lot of head scratching when shopping for his Christmas Gifts and almost inevitably end up giving him a gift certificate to a book or music store. He likes that, and appreciates that most of them have just finally given up trying to cipher out his unusual tastes and just give him the certificate or gift card so he can just get himself something he’d actually LIKE.
I am his wife however and have not, nor shall I be content to give him an impersonal piece of cardstock or plastic. This is our third Christmas together and I’m finally starting to get the hang of choosing things to his liking. As a special effort I just spent nearly an hour on the net hunting for those things I KNEW he’d really enjoy and cut and pasted not only the names and titles and what not but just where they can be found. I hope this time around he’ll receive gifts from people he loves things he will really love.
Hmm, this started out as a response to my dear friend Startraveler’s blog about the value and importance of not only educating our children, but setting an example of the JOY of learning. But the intro had me thinking about the book I wanted to get my husband for Christmas and before you know it this has turned into an I-want-to-be-a-considerate-gift giver this holidays season kinda entry. Ah well, blog postings happen, as they should. Who am I to argue with the somewhat-socially-challenged-computer-geekish-not-quite-divine-yet-still-quite-lovely-and-inspiring Muse of the Blog?
That being said.
Books are good, I like reading em a lot, I like WRITEING them even more…
SIGH,
Boy, I don’t know if it’s the having braved the greyhound bus for hours in the dark of the night and only getting fours hours of sleep talking or all the triptiphane from the Turkey, but I’m exhausted. I think I shall leave this lame little bit of writing as it is and sign off. I am presently with out ‘net at home and though bereaved (or at the very least quite inconvenienced) will solider on and do more net stuff at the in-laws tomorrow while I still have access.
Do think hard on the ‘things’ you give those you care for this holiday season. To paraphrase a dear friend ‘things are nice, I like things…” but they are just stuff. The best gifts are those that entailed TIME. Whether it was the time it took to bake someone their favorite baked good, or the time spent really pondering what another person would appreciate and then hunting down just the thing. Show someone you love (or like) that you love em (or like em) with more than just stuff. Time is the most precious commodity we have to offer. I encourage you to take those extra minutes to ask what someone would REAlLY like, do a little reasearh, make or improve an item, just spend that time and whatever the result the individual will notice the effort and appreciate it. Seriously, trite as it may sounds, I believe the time put into a gift (or a relationship for that matter) is in the end what is most imporant.
Go make someone a construction paper and crayon card.
Debbie
I am his wife however and have not, nor shall I be content to give him an impersonal piece of cardstock or plastic. This is our third Christmas together and I’m finally starting to get the hang of choosing things to his liking. As a special effort I just spent nearly an hour on the net hunting for those things I KNEW he’d really enjoy and cut and pasted not only the names and titles and what not but just where they can be found. I hope this time around he’ll receive gifts from people he loves things he will really love.
Hmm, this started out as a response to my dear friend Startraveler’s blog about the value and importance of not only educating our children, but setting an example of the JOY of learning. But the intro had me thinking about the book I wanted to get my husband for Christmas and before you know it this has turned into an I-want-to-be-a-considerate-gift giver this holidays season kinda entry. Ah well, blog postings happen, as they should. Who am I to argue with the somewhat-socially-challenged-computer-geekish-not-quite-divine-yet-still-quite-lovely-and-inspiring Muse of the Blog?
That being said.
Books are good, I like reading em a lot, I like WRITEING them even more…
SIGH,
Boy, I don’t know if it’s the having braved the greyhound bus for hours in the dark of the night and only getting fours hours of sleep talking or all the triptiphane from the Turkey, but I’m exhausted. I think I shall leave this lame little bit of writing as it is and sign off. I am presently with out ‘net at home and though bereaved (or at the very least quite inconvenienced) will solider on and do more net stuff at the in-laws tomorrow while I still have access.
Do think hard on the ‘things’ you give those you care for this holiday season. To paraphrase a dear friend ‘things are nice, I like things…” but they are just stuff. The best gifts are those that entailed TIME. Whether it was the time it took to bake someone their favorite baked good, or the time spent really pondering what another person would appreciate and then hunting down just the thing. Show someone you love (or like) that you love em (or like em) with more than just stuff. Time is the most precious commodity we have to offer. I encourage you to take those extra minutes to ask what someone would REAlLY like, do a little reasearh, make or improve an item, just spend that time and whatever the result the individual will notice the effort and appreciate it. Seriously, trite as it may sounds, I believe the time put into a gift (or a relationship for that matter) is in the end what is most imporant.
Go make someone a construction paper and crayon card.
Debbie
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